The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-12
Conservative Knights Think the Time For
Political Work is Not Here.
Powdsrly Opposed to Party Organization for
Some Time to Come.
An Anarchist Resolution Creates Considerable
Excitement \
Ruled Out of Order After Hot Speech by
POwderly-An Appeal Taken and De.
feated-MinOr Matters.

MINNEAPOLIS, october lO.-An expression
of opinion on the advisability ofthe Labor
party movement, was obtained from a large
number of Knights of Labor to-day. The
result of these interviews shows that the
general officers and more conservative ele-
ment in the Order as rule regar1 the time
as not yet ripe for a separate party move
ment, while the rank and file and the more
radical of the officers, like Thomas Barry,
of Michigan, are eager for labor party,
the sooner the better. Powderly IS the gen.
eral choice for President, but only few
have any idea that he would accept
q nomination. George is mentioned fewer
times than most people would have ex-
pected. A remarkably large Iumber of
those interviewed are Republicans, or were
Republicans before stfiliating with the in
dependent movement. There are only
three or four Democrats in the entire list,
The labor vote in the whole country a year
hence is put all the way from 500,010 to
100000. Opinion is about evenly divided
as TO the effect on the old parties d a heavy
labor vote, the idea perhaps prevailing
that the Democrats would suffer most by
ii.
1t is the most unanimous sentiment that
the George movement in New York this
fall will defeat the Democrats If it is not
itself successful. Mr.. Powderly declined
to talk, but from members of the executive
board it is learned that he is opposed to a
separate party movement for a good while
yet. He believes that the workingmen are
not ready for it.
ANARCHY DISCUSSION.
There was only one session of the Knights
of Labor General Assembly to-day.
When that was called 10 order
at 2 o'clock p. m. it was found that the
committees, for whose accommodation the
L., 49, - l.
to report. They were granted further
time and the convention taking up mis-
cellaneous business an opportunity was
presented for bringing up the long looked
for Anarchy discussion. James +. Quinn,
of District Assembly 40, of New York, the
famous kicker" and Home Club man, pre-.
sented the following resolution under sus-
pension of the rules:
Considering that the development of the hu-
man mind in the nineteenth century has
reached point expressing almost universally
against capital punishment or taking OF human
lite by judicial process as q relic of barbarism,
Resolved, That this convention express sor-
row that the men in Chicago were doomed to
death, and that ii use every endeavor to secure
the Communication OF the sentence of death passed
upon them.
The convention was at once thrown into
the widest excitement, scores of the dele
gates trying at the same time to obtain the
floor. General Master Workman Powderly
decided the resolution out of order. JOS
eph Evans, of Pittsburg, appealed from the
decision. The appeal was lost by vote
OF Isl to 50. Before the appeal was taken,
Mr.. Powderly called Grand Worthy Fore
man Griffiths, of Chicago, to the chair and
in short but vehement speech called upon
the convention 70 defeat the resolu-
ton. He said no true knight
could be an Anarchist. He appealed to
the delegates in impassioned words not to
pervert the purposes of the Order by the
passage of any such resolutions. 1t was
tho hottest speech Powderly was ever
known to make. Quinn, who offered the
resolution, voted aye on the appeal IN
order to move reconsideration. L. H.
Lawry, Of Pennsy lvania, also made a warm
speech, and was followed by a number of
others. This was the principal episode of
a rather quiet day.
Just after the call to order at O'Clock,
resolutions on the death of B. s. Heath.
the Chicago editor, who was long aSso-
ciated with Thomas A. Armstrong, of
| Pennsylvania, were adopted.
The general executive board held Sc
cret session in the West hotel whict tasted
| all the forenoon. The general opinion
among the delegates to-day is that no Sc
rious fight will come up uow before the
convention closes its work. A sharp dis
cussion is likely to occur over
the law governing the national trade
districts. Ii is said that t1e trade districts
delegates will ask that the law be changed
materially so as to give thsrl more power.
This request will be opposed, and very
strongly, too, by the delegates represent
ing the mixed districts, as the demands of
the former would, in measure, tend to
utterly destroy the power of the latter.
The fight, that 1t was supposed would be
made against Powderly and the other gen.
eral officers, is said to have been given up.
A prominent Eastern delegate said on this
matter this morning: "The delegates who
came here to fight Powderly and some OF
the other general officers, have pulled in
their horns. The fact that they could find
nothing to base fight on has greatly de.
moralized them. They will not now de-
mand that the convention do as they ask
on various legislative matters, but will,
instead, request that they get what they
ask with out a fight"